Recommended to kids ages 8-11. In this extremely cute book Hildegarde is the Mouse Mistress at Saint Bartholemew's. You get to see everything through a mouse's eye, as she spies on Father Murphy, hunts for food, and takes care of the 219 church mice. There are many dangers and threats, such as The Great X (extermination), and coming up the Feast Day of Saint Francis which means the blessing of animals. And the blessing of animals means that if it is raining outside, it will take place inside! All kinds of animals are brought to the blessing of animals, including the mouse's worst enemy... Cats! Then of course there is Hildegarde's friend, Roderick (who might like her a tiny bit!) and her not such a good friend Lucretia who continuously is trying to compete with Hildegarde for her spot as Mouse Mistress. Will Hildegarde's quick thinking be enough to save the mice? As I said in the beginning this book is just too cute. You will probably think a little bit differently about mice after reading this book! 
